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Hindwings : with the apex obtnse ; hindraargin with a prominent angle at vein 7, 

 thence to the rectangular anal angle straight. 



Antennae lamellate, slightly lignlate ; jialpi porrect, bluntly rostriform ; tongne 

 and frennlnm well devehiped ; forewings with fovea, which, though distinct beneath 

 is not visible above ; hindlegs broken. 



JS'euration: forewings, cell half as long as wing ; discocelhilar slightly inbent at 

 middle : first median nervnle at two-third<, second shortly before third ; lower radial 

 from a little above centre of discocellular, upper from upper angle of cell ; 7, 8, 

 stalked from jnst before end ; 10 and 11 from cell, 10 anastomosing with 11 and 

 again with 8, 9 ; hindwings, costal approximated shortly to subcostal at one-third of 

 cell ; 6, 7 from end of cell ; no radial ; medians as in forewings. 



Type : Tessa rot is ruhrata S])ec. nov. 



The typical species is without any apparent close affinity. 



30. Tessarotis rubrata spec. nov. 



Forewings : dull brick-red ; the costal area broadly peach-blossom-coloured, 

 its lower edge starting from near base of inner margin and reaching costa a little 

 before apex ; the lines fine, whitish, all starting below the edge of the costal streak ; 

 first at two-fifths, vertical ; second at two-thirds, outwardly curved from costa and 

 incurved towards inner margin ; third line at five-sixths, parallel above to outer 

 margin, below middle curved and sinuous to inner margin just before anal angle, 

 approximated there to second line ; traces only of a submarginal line denoted by 

 black spelts between the veins ; a black spot at each end of the discocellular; second 

 and third median nervnles white, the former expanding into a difl'use white blotch 

 beyond outer line ; fringe and extreme hindmargin from vein 4 to submedian fold 

 white ; above middle and at anal angle red, like the wings. 



Hindwings : with basal area and the cell dull smooth grey ; the rest coloured 

 like forewings, and towards hindmargin speckled with black, and with two small 

 black marks before apex ; cell-spot whitish ; a curved whitish median line from 

 lower angle of cell to abdominal margin, and traces of a dark submarginal line ; 

 fringe deeper red, with whitish tips. 



Underside dull pinkish, suflused with grey, especially in hindwings ; the 

 costal streak of forewings without grey suffusion ; traces of two dark outer lines 

 and cell-spots on both wings ; the cell-sjiot of the hindwings white and distinct. 

 Face and palpi bright reddish ; collar and thorax like the costal streak of fore- 

 wings ; abdomen brick-red, with the segmental rings finely paler. Foretarsi 

 blackish, with the joints white ; antennae glossy, pinkish white. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



One S from Mackay, Queensland. 



